Includes bibliographical references.

Preface vii -- Chapter 1: Smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulation of wave overtopping characteristics for different coastal structures 1 -- Chapter 2 Simulation of nonisothermal consolidation of saturated soils based on a thermodynamic model 11 -- Chapter 3: A Case study on stratified settlement and rebound characteristics due to dewatering in Shanghai subway station 20 -- Chapter 4: 3D-web-GIS RFID location sensing system for construction objects 29 -- Chapter 5: Study on the application of the Kent Index Method on the risk assessment of disastrous accidents in subway engineering 37 -- Chapter 6: A Synchronized multipoint vision-based system for displacement measurement of civil infrastructures 47 -- Chapter 7: Mixed transportation network design under a sustainable development perspective 56 -- Chapter 8: A Novel evaluation method for building construction project based on integrated information entropy with reliability theory 64 -- Chapter 9: Effect of particle shape on mechanical behaviors of rocks: a numerical study using clumped particle model 72 -- Chapter 10: Effect of metakaolin on strength and efflorescence quantity of cement-based composites 84 -- Chapter 11: Freeze-thaw durability of air-entrained concrete 95 -- Chapter 12: Methodology for assessing the probability of corrosion in concrete structures on the basis of half-cell potentials and concrete resistivity measurements 101 -- Chapter 13: Mechanical properties of recycled concrete in marine environment 109 -- Chapter 14: Predicting subcontractor performance using web-based evolutionary fuzzy neural networks 117 -- Chapter 15: SGC tests for influence of material composition on compaction characteristics of asphalt mixtures 126 -- Chapter 16: Characteristics of traffic flow at nonsignalized T-shaped intersection with U-turn movements 136 -- Chapter 17: Fracture property of Y-shaped cracks of brittle materials under compression 143 -- Chapter 18: Structural damage identification based on rough sets and artificial neural network 150 -- Chapter 19: Study on typhoon characteristics based on bridge health monitoring system 159 -- Chapter 20: Evaluation of compressive strength and stiffness of grouted soils by using elastic waves 170 -- Chapter 21: Parametric study on responses of a self-anchored suspension bridge to sudden breakage of a hanger 179 -- Chapter 22: Numerical simulation of monitoring corrosion in reinforced concrete based on ultrasonic guided waves 189 -- Permissions -- List of contributors

"This book is written by professionals in the field of civil engineering and is focused on the concepts and recent advances in the field..." -- Book cover